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Adjective
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This putrescent combination of sky-high home prices, rising mortgage rates and stifling consumer inflation have forced all but the wealthiest or most determined buyers out of a new home.—
Q.ai - Powering a Personal Wealth Movement,
Forbes,
17 Aug. 2022 -
The most common are oils (cinnamon, clove, thyme, garlic, etc.), putrescent whole egg solids, dried blood, etc.—
Kym Pokorny,
OregonLive.com,
17 Apr. 2018
Adjective
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Such supportive undercurrents help explain why the tape has hung in there in the face of capricious policy-making and putrid consumer sentiment, allowing the market to process extraordinary and sometimes scary stimuli into what looks, for now, like a setback that’s more routine than wrenching.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 May 2025
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Images of white sand beaches stretching into azure waters have been altered by the toxic and putrid invasion.—
Stephanie Elam,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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The Paseo Inside the deli, there was moldy bread on shelves above the dish sink.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2025
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The Rockies were moldy, having allowed 10 runs or more over four straight games before Sunday, the longest streak of pitching ineptitude by a National League club since Houston in 2007.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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However, compost can start to smell like rotten eggs, ammonia, or worse if the composting process goes awry or the compost pile has become imbalanced in some way.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 May 2025
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There are two types of repellents: Taste, which often contains capsaicin and requires the animal to take a nibble; and odor, which is sulfur-based and smells like rotten eggs.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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“Gangrenous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangrenous. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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